Dr. Gongbing Shan | Professor
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Additionally, based on his research results, Dr. Shan has designed and prototyped several new equipment, such as bi-directional pedaling bicycle (both forward and backward pedaling to generate forward movement) for postpone fatigue during longtime cycling, perturbation platform for the testing of sensori-motor degradation related to age and hammer throw analyzer for biofeedback training in practice.